It’s a good rule of thumb for school bullies to know who they’re dealing with. Oh Ah Ran (Kim Yoo Jung) is a smart and nice high school student who is not afraid to befriend the class outcast. But that makes her the target of the school bullies. But the bullies may soon realize that they messed with the wrong girl when Ah Ran’s mother, Jo Kang Ja (Kim Hee Sun), hears about the bullying. Kang Ja is not your average mother. Back in her teen days, she was a legend back in her hometown of Pusan. As the daughter of a sashimi-restaurant-owner mother with a foul mouth and a father with a prison record, Kang Ja is a tough-as-nails, foulmouthed mother with a quick temper and mad knife skills. What exactly does Kang Ja plan to do to deal with her daughter’s bullies? “Angry Mom” is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Choi Byung Gil.

Recap

What a supremely satisfying episode. It’s still early enough that things aren’t yet wrapped up and there’s still lots of fight left in store for us, but this episode is chock-full of important developments and major character progressions.